Rifle Caliber Stereotypes
One thing that kind of amazes me is the stereotypes marketers assign rifle calibers. 243 Win is "ONLY for youngsters" learning to shoot centerfire rifles. 7mm-08 is "ONLY for women" and/or small statured people. But 6.5 Creedmoor, well that's a man's cartridge.
Perhaps I am being facetious, but if you don't believe me, go see what (e.g.) Ruger offers in 7mm-08. Do a search on that caliber and you get 6 results; Three of these are compact models for "little" people. One is a left-handed Predator model (but oddly enough no right-handed model in the Predator line for 7mm-08). Only 2 are standard length of pull and one of those is an "Go Wild" camo pattern with a muzzle brake (the useless muzzle brake should go in the trash and be replaced by a can). If you want a Ruger Hawkeye rifle in 7mm-08, you have to get a compact model. If you want a Hawkeye rifle with a standard LOP, you need to get a "man's" caliber like 6.5 Creedmoor.
One thing that kind of amazes me is the stereotypes marketers assign rifle calibers. 243 Win is "ONLY for youngsters" learning to shoot centerfire rifles. 7mm-08 is "ONLY for women" and/or small statured people. But 6.5 Creedmoor, well that's a man's cartridge.
Perhaps I am being facetious, but if you don't believe me, go see what (e.g.) Ruger offers in 7mm-08. Do a search on that caliber and you get 6 results; Three of these are compact models for "little" people. One is a left-handed Predator model (but oddly enough no right-handed model in the Predator line for 7mm-08). Only 2 are standard length of pull and one of those is an "Go Wild" camo pattern with a muzzle brake (the useless muzzle brake should go in the trash and be replaced by a can). If you want a Ruger Hawkeye rifle in 7mm-08, you have to get a compact model. If you want a Hawkeye rifle with a standard LOP, you need to get a "man's" caliber like 6.5 Creedmoor.